New Iranian President Tied to Bombing of Argentinian Jewish Center

(Washington Free Beacon) Alana Goodman - Iranian President-elect Hassan Rowhani was on the special Iranian government committee that plotted the 1994 bombing of the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires which killed 85 and wounded hundreds more, according to an indictment by the Argentine government prosecutor investigating the case. Former Iranian intelligence official Abolghasem Mesbahi testified that the decision to launch the attack was made within a special operations committee connected to the powerful Supreme National Security Council in August 1993. Rowhani, who was then serving as secretary of the Council, was a member of the special committee.


2013-06-20 00:00:00

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